Role Balancing and Boundary Integration of Indian Mother Students

• In Event: Equitable Education Across the Continents in the 21st Century

Abstract

Drawing on work/family border theory, current study aims to investigate current decisions and behavior of mother students which enable them to balance academic and family life, and to explore whether boundary integration or segmentation aid mother students in domains balance. A qualitative exploratory design was adopted, with in-depth individual interviews of seven mother students as participants. Transcribed data was analyzed using thematic analysis. Results showed that flexibility of online learning, family prioritization, benefits of higher education, spousal help, and support from family members, peers and teachers facilitated work/family balance. Results of this study indicated that boundary integration allows greater work-family balance than segmentation. Flexible curriculum will aid more in balancing role.

Authors

• Ritika Jha, National Sun Yat-sen University
  Presenting Author

• Ju-hui Wei, National Sun Yat-sen University
  Presenting Author

• Hsueh-Hua Chuang, National Sun Yat-Sen University
  Non-Presenting Author